suí, suī, shuāi soothe Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
tuǒ satisfactory

Sources

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léng squared timber Simplified

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

Sound component
líng to surpass, to ascend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯːŋ
Unicodeləng
lə̀ng

說文解字

柧也。从木夌聲。

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Academia Sinica

soothe Traditional

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
tuǒ satisfactory

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartswijs.nujcomfort (v.)
Zhengzhangsnul

說文解字

車中把也。从糸从妥。

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léng, lèng corner Traditional

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk

grain

Sound component
líng to surpass, to ascend

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯːŋ
Unicodeləng

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica